RARE Composition of a Poet-Knight, Most chivalrous amongst chivalric men, Distinguish'd for a polish'd lance and pen In tuneful contest, and the tourney-fight; Lustrous in scholarship, in honour bright, Accomplish'd in all graces current then, Humane as any in historic ken, Brave, handsome, noble, affable, polite, Most courteous to that race become of late So fiercely scornful of all kind advance, Rude, bitter, coarse, implacable in hate To Albion, plotting ever her mischance, -- Alas! fair Verse, how false and out of date Thy phrase "@3sweet enemy@1" applied to France! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE SITE OF A MULBERRY-TREE PLANTED BY SHAKESPEARE ... by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SUNSET WINGS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LONG AGO by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: CHRIST'S REPLY by EDWARD TAYLOR SONNET TO LIBERTY by OSCAR WILDE PERFECT WOMAN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MISTS by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG |